Modern and Postmodern Representations of the body

In assessing Modern and Postmodern artists representations of the body, one can see that these variations in representation are proportional to the influences from the art world and the world at large. These representations being influenced by these worlds together with the artists intentions create differences in audiences reactions. Artists discussed in conjunction with this argument include Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Kathe Kolwitz, Orlan and My Le Thi.

( Definition of Modernism).
( Definition of Postmodernism).

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